Sports

In America they call it soccer. It is the most popular sport in most of the world. It is a team sport ,in which two teams play against each other. The aim of the game is to kick a ball into the opponent's goal. Players can play with any parts of their body,except for their arms and hands.

The sport comes from rugby. In America they simply call it football. It is a team sport and in each team there are eleven players. They play it with an egg-shaped (oval) ball. The aim of the game is to carry or kick the ball to the end zone and touch it down for a touch down ( a score). It is a very rough game so the players must wear helmets and pads to protect them for injures.

It is a bat and ball sport in which two teams of nine players play. They play it on a grass field called the diamond. Players try to score runs( points) by hitting a ball and running around four bases. There is one base in each corner of the field. The attacker hits the ball with a wooden bat. The defender wears a special glove to catch the ball.

It is an England's national sport . It is an outdoor sport in which two teams of eleven players play against each other. They play it on a large field called a ground. This sport cannot be played in wet weather, which is why they play it from April to August, usually on Sundays. The aim of the game is to score runs (points) by hitting a ball with a bat and running between two seats of special wooden sticks called stumps.